Table 3.  Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March

South Dakota

                                   Establishments gaining jobs             Establishments losing jobs
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994          459       8,004       5,942        2,062          6,116      4,513        1,603
March 1995          460       8,082       6,029        2,053          6,262      4,669        1,593
March 1996          199       7,731       5,722        2,009          6,964      5,154        1,810
March 1997           54       7,690       5,765        1,925          7,215      5,344        1,871
March 1998          379       8,029       5,790        2,239          7,109      5,249        1,860
March 1999          321       8,230       5,970        2,260          7,216      5,277        1,939
March 2000          248       8,371       6,137        2,234          7,301      5,315        1,986
March 2001          -62       7,842       5,720        2,122          7,886      5,702        2,184
March 2002          251       7,961       5,719        2,242          7,749      5,758        1,991
March 2003          115       7,793       5,699        2,094          7,751      5,772        1,979
March 2004          393       8,331       6,123        2,208          7,300      5,485        1,815
March 2005          492       8,616       6,271        2,345          7,479      5,626        1,853
March 2006          317       8,853       6,571        2,282          7,602      5,637        1,965
March 2007          300       8,613       6,347        2,266          8,105      6,139        1,966
March 2008          138       8,788       6,607        2,181          8,059      6,016        2,043
March 2009          350       8,127       5,812        2,315          8,583      6,618        1,965
March 2010         -571       7,789       5,736        2,053          9,130      6,506        2,624
March 2011          278       8,469       6,206        2,263          7,802      5,817        1,985
March 2012          288       9,106       6,741        2,365          7,820      5,743        2,077

(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments
    and the number of closing establishments.